Quotes About Effort

It doesn't matter what you did, or what you were. It doesn't even matter what you are. It's what you try to be that counts.

the more that I tried to ignore it, the more agonizing it felt.

And I'd learned, the hard way, that sometimes, even with the purest intentions, we make things worse when we do our best to make things better.

I think that we all, each one of us, we all have to earn our future,' she said slowly. 'I think the future is like anything else that's important. It has to be earned. If we don't earn it, we don't have a future at all.

In this life, we do what we can to improve ourselves.

It isn't whether you do it well or ill, it's that you do it all.

World records are only borrowed.

We're all trying so hard to win each of these World Series events and the standard now is phenomenal but it's great that everyone's pushing each other.

That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series.

Who knows how many times I'm going to get to go to the World Series? I know more than anybody how hard it is to get there.

The United States has made a massive effort since the end of the Second World War to secure the dominance of its films in foreign markets - an achievement generally pushed home politically, by writing clauses into various treaties and aid packages.

In cognitively demanding fields, there are no naturals. Nobody walks into an operating room straight out of a surgical rotation and does world-class neurosurgery.

Tevez is an absolutely world-class player. But what surprised me more than anything is the way he sacrifices himself to help the team. He works like a mule!

Our worldly successes cannot be guaranteed, but our ability to achieve spiritual success is entirely up to us, thanks to the grace of God. The best advice I know is to give is to give those worldly things your best but never your all - reserve the ultimate hope for the only one who can grant it.

In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.

Liverpool is a great club worldwide. I'm here, and I will give my best as always. I'm working hard; my thoughts are on the team's goals, making a good season.

I feel like I just grabbed a big juicy worm with a right sharp hook in the middle of it.

I'm worried about doing my best, playing to my potential, helping out my teammates, and trying to win games for the Giants.

If you concentrate on action and forget the results, you actually perform much better, because then you are not worried what will happen.

With a fixed mindset, you're so worried about how smart or talented you are, you don't take on challenges. You don't try new things.

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

I tell my colleagues that it is actually all right to make mistakes, and I am worried when they do not make them, because it means that they either hide them from me or are not trying hard enough.

Once you're on the field, you're playing. You're not worried about anything other than doing your job to help your team.

Listen, I'm a performer, and all I'm worried about is just performing and just doing... This is what makes me happy, so no matter what, I'm going to give it my best shot, and I'm going to put myself all out there and give it 100%, and whatever happens, happens.